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. 2018 Apr 24;9(31):22137–22146. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.25154

Table 3. Adverse events (%) by treatment drug (included trials).

AE Alectinib Brigatinib Ceritinib Crizotinib p-value*
Any AE (%) 96.7 ND 99.6 97.7 0.022
Any Serious AE (%) 21.6 ND 44.9 31.1 < 0.001
Any Grade 3/4 AE (%) ND ND 75.3 43.4 0.009
Diarrhea (%) 13.7 38.2 81.2 56.0 < 0.001
Diarrhea 3/4 (%) 0.6 0.5 5.6 1.7 < 0.001
Nausea (%) 15.3 40.0 73.9 55.3 < 0.001
Nausea 3/4 (%) 0.5 0.9 5.7 1.8 < 0.001
Vomiting (%) 9.8 22.7 60.4 43.9 < 0.001
Vomiting 3/4 (%) 0.6 0.5 5.2 2.0 < 0.001
Constipation (%) 34.1 15.5 24.3 37.1 < 0.001
Constipation 3/4 (%) 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.37
Fatigue (%) 25.7 27.3 34.5 21.7 0.039
Fatigue 3/4 (%) 1.0 0.5 6.0 2.1 < 0.001
ALT (%) 14.3 ND 46.9 21.8 < 0.001
ALT 3/4 (%) 4.0 ND 22.8 9.1 < 0.001
AST (%) 15.0 14.5 38.8 21.0 < 0.001
AST 3/4 (%) 3.9 0.5 11.4 5.7 0.007
QT (%) 1.2 ND 9.0 14.4 0.025
QT 3/4 (%) 0.8 ND 0.9 3.9 0.003
ILD (%) 0.6 ND 2.4 2.4 0.610
ILD 3/4 (%) 0.4 ND 2.1 2.0 0.310

Abbreviations: AE = Adverse Event; ALT = Alanine Aminotransferase; AST = Aspartate Aminotransferase; ILD = Interstial Lung Disease; ND = No data available;

*Heterogeneity across treatment was assessed using the between-group Q statistic, p ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.